Voting for the next EGU Treasurer and Division Presidents now open! 4 November 2014 From now until 1 December 2014, EGU members can vote in the Autumn 2014 EGU Election. If you are an active member of the Union, you should have already received an email with a personalised voting link. Remember that active participation in EGU elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union! Read more
EGU2015: Applying for financial support to attend the General Assembly 29 October 2014 A limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to assist young scientists and established scientists from low and middle income countries who wish to present their work at the meeting. Scientists who wish to apply for financial support should submit an abstract, on which they are first authors, by 28 November 2014. Read more
EGU 2015 call for papers 29 October 2014 Are you interested in presenting your work at the upcoming EGU General Assembly? Make sure to submit your abstract by 07 January 2015, 13:00 CET. If you would like to apply for financial support to attend the meeting, please submit your abstract no later than 28 November 2014. The EGU 2015 General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12 to 17 April 2015. Read more
EGU announces 2015 awards and medals 13 October 2014 The EGU has named the 39 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Young Scientist Awards. Read more
Educators: apply now to take part in the 2015 GIFT workshop! 23 September 2014 The Geosciences Information For Teachers workshop is taking place on April 13–15 2015 at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The topic of the 2015 edition of GIFT is Mineral Resources. The workshop will explore the challenges of using natural mineral resources in a rapidly developing and growing world. Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 3 September 2014 The latest issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to ‘Local events, global impacts’. Read more
Planet Press: EGU news for children! 3 September 2014 The EGU has launched a new educational initiative called Planet Press: short versions of our press releases written in a child-friendly language. The project aims to get children (mainly 7-13 year olds), and their parents and educators, interested in and engaged with up-to-date scientific research and news. Read more
EGU election for Division Presidents and Treasurer: propose a candidate 13 August 2014 The autumn 2014 election, when 2014 EGU members will be able to vote for Division Presidents and the EGU Treasurer, is taking place from 1 November to 1 December. Until 15 September you are kindly asked to propose a candidate to either vacancy by filling in the candidate proposal form. Read more
EGU journal news: new impact factors, h5-index and an anniversary 1 August 2014 The new impact factors for all EGU journals are now available from the journals’ websites. Copernicus has also included the Google Scholar Metrics h5-index for all their journals. Read more
EGU 2015 call for sessions 7 July 2014 The call for session proposals for the EGU 2015 General Assembly is now open. Until 12 September you can suggest new sessions with conveners and description, or you can propose modifications to current ones. The next EGU General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12 to 17 April 2015. Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 2 June 2014 This issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to the EGU 2014 General Assembly. It includes articles about the research and discussed at the conference, a letter from the EGU President Günter Blöschl with reflections on the meeting, and much more! Read more
Nominate candidates for our awards and medals! 20 May 2014 Every year, the EGU honours individuals for their important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences through its awards and medals programme. EGU members are kindly asked to submit their nominations for all EGU medals and awards by 15 June. Read more
New EGU partnerships 20 May 2014 The EGU has signed Memoranda of Cooperation with the Geological Society of America and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Read more
Looking back at the EGU 2014 General Assembly 13 May 2014 From 27 April to 2 May, Earth, planetary and space scientists from all over the world got together in Vienna for the EGU 2014 General Assembly. The meeting, which for the first time had a theme (The Face of the Earth), was rich in scientific achievements, international discussions and interesting new features. With over 15,000 presentations and close to 12,500 participants from 106 countries, it was also the largest to date. Read more
Welcome to the new EGU Vice-President and three new committee chairs! 13 May 2014 At the EGU 2014 General Assembly, Hans Thybo was inaugurated as EGU Vice-President while Nicholas Arndt, Gerrit de Rooij and Hubert H.G. Savenije became the new chairs of the Outreach, Programme and Publications Committees, respectively. Read more
Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Communications Officer 18 March 2014 We are seeking to appoint a Communications Officer to work with the EGU Media and Communications Manager in maintaining and further developing media- and science-related communications between the EGU and its membership, the working media and the public at large. Read more
Obituary: Peter Fabian (1937 – 2014) 13 March 2014 Peter Fabian, the first EGU President, passed away on 11 March at the age of 76. Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 3 March 2014 This issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to The Face of the Earth, the theme of this year’s General Assembly. A special contribution from the EGU President and the EGU Programme Committee Chair at the start of the issue informs readers about this theme and what will be different at this year’s meeting. Read more
Imaggeo Photo Competition 29 January 2014 The fifth annual EGU photo competition opens on 1 February. Up until 1 March, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up three original photos and one moving image on any broad theme related to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Read more
Communicate Your Science Video Competition 29 January 2014 Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! Young scientists pre-registered for the EGU General Assembly are invited to take part in the EGU’s first ever Communicate Your Science Video Competition! Read more